1. Show how Teddy’s degradation becomes more extreme in this act.

2. Choose two incidents which you find comic, and explain what you find comic about them.

3. Using information only from this act, write a character study of Ruth.

4. Joey’s character is presented in more detail than in Act One.  What do you learn about him in this act?

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5. In what ways is the past important in Act One?

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4. Write a brief character study of Joey.

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3. What evidence is there in Act One that Ruth is stronger and more determined than Teddy?

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1. Examine carefully the scene between Ruth and Lenny and show how Pinter manages to create a sense of threat.

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